The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
is appointed by the House of Commons to examine the expenditure,
administration and policy of the Department for Environment, Food
and Rural Affairs and its associated public bodies.

Powers

The Committee is one of the departmental select committees,
the powers of which are set out in House of Commons Standing Orders,
principally in SO No.152. These are available on the Internet
via www.parliament.uk
.
The Committee has the power to appoint two Sub-committees.

The Committee agreed on 30 January 2002 that it would
nominate a Genetically Modified Organisms Sub-committee to undertake
this inquiry.

Current Membership

Mr David Curry (Chairman) (Conservative, Skipton
and Ripon) *

Mr David Borrow (Labour, South Ribble)

Mr Colin Breed (Liberal Democrat, South East Cornwall)
*

David Burnside (Ulster Unionist, South Antrim)

Mr David Drew (Labour, Stroud) *

Patrick Hall (Labour, Bedford) *

Mr Michael Jack (Conservative, Fylde) *

Mr David Lepper (Labour, Brighton Pavilion)

Mr Eric Martlew (Labour, Carlisle)

Mr Austin Mitchell (Labour, Great Grimsby)
*

Diana Organ (Labour, Forest of Dean)

Phil Sawford (Labour, Kettering)

Mrs Gillian Shephard (Conservative, South West
Norfolk)

Mr Keith Simpson (Conservative, Mid Norfolk)

David Taylor (Labour, North West Leicestershire)

Paddy Tipping (Labour, Sherwood)

Mr Mark Todd (Labour, South Derbyshire) *

* These Members were nominated as members of the
Sub-committee. Mr Mark Todd was the Chairman of the Sub-committee.

Publications

The Reports and evidence of the Committee are published
by The Stationery Office by Order of the House. All publications
of the Committee (including press notices) are on the Internet
at www.parliament.uk/commons/selcom/efrahome.htm.

Contacts

All correspondence should be addressed to The Clerk
of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, Committee
Office, 7 Millbank, London SW1P 3JA. The telephone number for
general inquiries is: 020 7219 3262; the Committee's e-mail address
is: efracom@parliament.uk.